Email powered by MailChimp (Privacy Policy, Terms of Use), Living traditions of, by, and for the people. Ralph Rinzler Performs at Festival of American Folklife, 1988. Visitors at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, 2002. Support the Folklife Festival, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, sustainability projects, educational outreach, and more. (1976) University of Minnesota; M.Ln. Folklife presentation, education, and research began at the Smithsonian Institution in 1967 with the first annual Festival of American Folklife held on the National Mall. For the past nine months, a squad of Uber drivers has made more than 200 trips and racked up more than 30,000 miles taking conservators to hundreds of museums and offsite storage locations throughout Ukraine. (1985) Wichita State University; M.A. Satellite photography of the museum on February 14, 2022, prior to the invasion, shows the museum roof and surrounding area covered by snow. But the ambassador was unambiguous in her confidence that the Russians would not succeed. Contact:BelanusB@si.edu, Butvin, Halle, Director of Special Projects. Research specialties: Music history, library and information sciences, ethnomusicology, multicultural history of the banjo. Contact:PlaceJ1@si.edu, Sheehy, Daniel E., Curator and Director Emeritus, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. B.A. In 2015, UNESCO inscribed the Moses and Frances Asch Collection into its Memory of the World International Register. To facilitate this, Ripley appointed James R. Morris as the Smithsonian's first Director of Museum Services. The images in the exhibition spotlight noteworthy individuals and uplift objects from the museums collection, many on display for the first time. That enables the monitoring of bombings, missile strikes, artillery shelling and fires. Generous contributions from Edward and Helen Hintz and Brad Freeman have helped support the effort, as have family and friends of Jamie Seltzer and Logan Cohen who, in lieu of gifts to the newlyweds, and at their direction, donated to the Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative. Among them was the Kosciuszko Foundation, a Polish American organization that, with funding and advice from the Smithsonian, has provided emergency stabilization supplies for dozens of Ukrainian museums from its offices in Warsaw. Director of Special Projects. The Dalai Lama, 2000 Smithsonian Folklife Festival. Hayride String Band at Festival of American Folklife, 1985. Box 37012, MRC 520 Washington, D.C. 20013-7012. The Smithsonian accessed funding provided by its federal appropriations and tapped stalwart donorsBank of America and the Mellon Foundation to support packing and protection efforts and the acceleration of its satellite monitoring work. It is this contemporary shift that CFCH bridges in its compound title of Folklife & Cultural Heritage. Contact:HolmgrenM@si.edu, Hunt, Marjorie, Folklorist, Curator, Education Specialist. The first Festival of American Folklife, with a budget of $4,900 and showcasing 84 participants, took place over the Fourth of July weekend 1967 on the National Mall and on the plaza of the Museum of History and Technology. The Hague Convention of 1954 followed, outlawing the purposeful destruction and looting of cultural property, which is so integral to a nations and to a peoples identity. This linguistic shift can be documented more precisely in the language of the UNESCO treaties. South Africa Program at Smithsonian Folklife Festival, 1999. (2001) Youngstown State University; M.A. Nevertheless, he proposed to stage an outdoor festival on the National Mall during the summer, building on his previous career as both performer and manager in the music industry. Explore full information about cafes in General Alvear, Buenos Aires Province and nearby. [1] Its motto is "culture of, by, and for the people", and it aims to encourage understanding and cultural sustainability through research, education, and community engagement. Opportunities for scholars include studies of cultural representation and cultural sustainability, collaborative research in specific areas of staff or programmatic interest, and projects involving a wealth of archival materials documenting the cultural traditions of communities in the U.S. and around the world over the last 80 years. Research Associate. The Smithsonian collaborated with Haitian colleagues to establish facilities and training programs, saving and treating some 35,000 endangered artworks and artifacts. UNESCO arranged online meetings bringing together Ukrainians with European and American counterparts to discuss needs, resources and responses. The CFCH is one of several federal institutions to have related mandates. Street and Delivery Address: Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Capital Gallery Building 600 Maryland Avenue SW Suite 2001 MRC 520 Washington, D.C. 20024. Russia and its supporters were strategically marking the territory as Russian to solidify Moscows claimsand seemingly as a prelude to more aggressive moves. These are some of the issues investigated in this research area, which focuses specifically on the indigenous or minoritized languages of Europe. Cloud cover over the region for days prevented good imagery. (1970) Williams College; M.A. B.A. The monuments lauded Russian triumphs, from the czarist empire, to Stalin and victory over the Nazis in World War II, to Russian heroes of 2014. This eclectic collection of artifacts and activities came together at the Center for Folklife & Cultural Heritage through a series of fortuitous and unplanned events. The Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative and its partners are aiding in the fight to protect the countrys history and to document attempts to erase it. Curator. Don Quijote, #2 among General Alvear coffeehouses: 1 review by visitors. An aerial shot of the 1999 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, showing the site of the South Africa program. IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Research specialties: Latin American and Latino studies, American cultural history, material culture, folklife. Educational projects including items like teachers guides, guides to oral history, and lesson plans for learning about particular traditions are distributed online and in hard copy. The Washington Monument is visible in the background. In 1964 the new Smithsonian secretary, S. Dillon Ripley, arrived in Washington with an innovative museum concept: he challenged curators to "take the objects out of their cases and make them sing". (1985) Wichita State University; M.A. (1976) Simmons College; M.A. Research specialties: Indigenous, intercultural, and community media; digital media and performance;Afro-Brazilian expressive culture. In May 2022, Ukrainian Ministry of Culture and Information Policy officials received reports of an attack on the Hryhorii Skovoroda Literary Memorial Museum, dedicated to an 18th-century Ukrainian poet, philosopher and composer and located in the tiny village of Skovorodynivka, near Kharkiv and the Russian border. Turning attention to Ukraine, a lab analyst noted an increase in the building of public monuments in Crimea and the Donbas91 of them. C. Latino Digital Curator of New and Emerging Media. Ihor Poshyvailo, director of the Maidan Museum in Kyiv and co-founder of Ukraines Heritage Emergency Response Initiative, along with his crew, salvages the remains of the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary built in 1862 and shelled by the Russians in March 2022. The Sacred Grove: Essays on Museums. Smithsonian Folkwaysisdedicated tosupporting cultural diversityandincreased understanding among peoplesthrough the documentation, preservation, and dissemination of sound. In 1987, the office purchased the Folkways music collection which became the core of the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, a rich resource for the study of folk culture and music. B.A. Rinzler continued in the Festival organization, originally as part of the Smithsonian's Division of Performing Arts until a separate Office of Folklife Programs was created in 1980. The 10-day event provides a platform for cultural exploration, exchange and engagement. As the one-year anniversary of the deadly 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine approaches, we take a close look at the ongoing work of hundreds of professionals across a landscape of Ukrainian and international organizations to defend endangered cultural heritage. B.A. Poshyvailo was intimately familiar with the Smithsonians work, having served as a Fulbright scholar in 2010 while the institution mobilized on-the-ground efforts to save cultural heritage in Haiti following a devastating earthquake. Svitlana Stryelnikova, director general of the National Research Restoration Center of Ukraine, and her staff of expert conservators at the headquarters in Kyiv and branch facilities in Kharkiv, Odesa and Lviv were charged with caring for Ukrainian national collections. Research specialties: Cultural anthropology, cultural heritage presentation and representation, cultural performance and social activism, museum programming and public engagement. (1979) Emory University; Ph.D. (1991) George Washington University. (2011) Leiden; M.Phil. The Center hosts the annual Folklife Festival on the National Mall and is home to Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. At the outset of the Russian invasion, Ukrainian cultural officials and leaders responded quickly to protect facilities and collections from the shelling and bombing. The process is detailed, time-consuming and sometimes frustrating. Junior volunteer John McCauley demonstrates marblemaking to onlookers at the 20th Festival of American Folklife, in the Summer of 1986. In presenting the Smithsonians contribution to that effort, we could not have been prouder. Box 37012, MRC 520 Washington, D.C. 20013-7012, Email powered by MailChimp (Privacy Policy, Terms of Use), Living traditions of, by, and for the people. It now includes an extensive collection of traditional American music, children's music, and international music. To date, the label has won six Grammy Awards, one Latin Grammy, 10 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Awards and 30 Independent Music Awards. Theyve conducted inventories and composed condition reports. [note 1] Its budget comes primarily from grants, trust monies, federal government appropriations, and gifts, with a small percentage coming from the main Smithsonian budget.[2]. Research specialties: Asian American history and culture, Los Angeles history and culture, urban history, public history, vernacular landscape. This page was last edited on 8 December 2021, at 08:10. Smithsonian Folkways Recordings Curator and Director Emeritus. The inventory now includes more than 28,000 sites. Dr. Richard Kurin, the Smithsonian's Distinguished Scholar and Ambassador at Large, has served as the institution's Under Secretary and as director of the Center for Folklife and Cultural . From our earliest musical encounters to the formation of complex social identities, the American musical landscape wouldnt be what it is today without the countless contributions of women changemakers, groundbreakers, and tradition-bearers. The Center also produces major national cultural events consistent with its mission. In 1998, the Festival was renamed the Smithsonian Folklife Festival to reflect its international interests, and in 1999 the office was renamed the Center for Folklife & Cultural Heritage to reflect its research and public program functions. Ukrainians are fighting for their freedom, and in particular their freedom to be who they culturally are. A third team involved in the more theoretical work on "cultural policy". While providing immediate protection, this presented another major problem. As with all archives, the Folklife Archives is currently working to move its entire collection into digital format, thus enabling global access to the artifacts. (1970), Ph.D. (1974) University of Chicago. Hawaii was the featured state in the 1989 Folklife Festival from June 23 - July 4. Telephone: 202.633.6440 Fax: 202.633.6474, Street and Delivery Address Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Capital Gallery Building 600 Maryland Avenue SW Suite 2001 MRC 520 Washington, D.C. 20024, Mailing Address Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Smithsonian Institution P.O. While drawing on periods of the czarist Russian Empire and the Soviet era to make his case, Putin denies crucial cultural realities. B.A. Visitors at the 2002 Smithsonian Folklife Festival. Spirit in the Dark: Religion in Black Music, Activism and Popular Culture Using satellite imagery, the labs team examined the cultural damage caused by another Haitian earthquake, Taliban attacks on cultural sites in Afghanistan and the treatment of cultural resources in areas contested by Armenian and Azerbaijani forces. In the practical implementation of cultural sustainability, CFCH also manages three different projects where the theoretical finding of this research can be put to test in the field. Their goal is to explore means and indicators for assessing the impacts of culture on sustainable development, to develop best practices for bringing culture into political and social policy, and to share their findings with individuals, communities and policymakers around the world. Non-profit organizations based in Washington, D.C. Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Morris, James R. Smithsonian Impresario: A Memoir by James Morris (2011). (1979) State University of New York at Binghamton; M.A. Texas: A Celebration of Music, Food, and Wine, Roots of Virginia Culture: The Past is Present, Carriers of Culture: Living Native Basket Traditions, Nuestra Msica: Music in Latino Culture (2005), Haiti: Freedom and Creativity from the Mountains to the Sea, Nuestra Msica: Music in Latino Culture (2004), South Africa: Crafting the Economic Renaissance of the Rainbow Nation, The Baltic Nations: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, Heartbeat: The Voices of First Nations Women, Russian Roots, American Branches: Music in Two Worlds, The Czech Republic: Tradition and Transformation, Culture and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, Masters of Traditional Arts: The National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellows, Creativity and Resistance: Maroon Culture in the Americas, The Changing Soundscape in Indian Country, Forest, Field and Sea: Folklife in Indonesia, Roots of Rhythm and Blues: The Robert Johnson Era, Les Ftes Chez Nous: France and North America, The Caribbean: Cultural Encounters in the New World, Ingenuity and Tradition: The Common Wealth of Massachusetts, Migration to Metropolitan Washington: Making a New Place Home, Music from the Peoples of the Soviet Union, Cultural Conservation and Languages: America's Many Voices, Cultural Conservation: Traditional Crafts in a Post-Industrial Age, Black Urban Expressive Culture from Philadelphia, National Heritage Fellowships Program (1983), National Heritage Fellowships Program (1982), Music and Crafts of the Southeastern United States, Community Activities and Food Preservation, Folklife in the Museum: A Nation of Nations (1978), Folklife in the Museum: Renwick Gallery (1978), Folklife in the Museum: A Nation of Nations (1977), Folklife in the Museum: Hall of Musical Instruments, Folklife in the Museum: Renwick Gallery (1977). The Cultural Vitality Program works collaboratively with communities around the world to support the sustainability of homegrown forms of cultural and artistic production, especially in the areas of language, Indigenous culture, and craft. Research specialties: Native American and Pacific Rim material culture, contemporary Native American art, museum practice. Contact:LinnM@si.edu, Motley, Sabrina Lynn, Director, Smithsonian Folklife Festival. At the 1985 Festival of American Folklife, the Hayride String Band performs. Contact:Diaz-CarreraC@si.edu, Holmgren, Meredith,Curator, American Womens Music. These . The CFCH contains (numerically) the largest collection in the Smithsonian, but is not fully open to the public. Research specialties: Latin American and Latino studies, American cultural history, material culture, folklife. These were successfully concluded in 1987, and this collection became the core of the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, a rich resource for the study of folk culture and music. Native American Blanket Toss at Festival of American Folklife, 1974. As part of SCRIs expanding research and training activities, Poshyvailo became first a trainee and then an instructor for the program and stayed in close contact with Wegener. Behind the dancers is the sculpture "Infinity." HERI mobilized to provide emergency packing materials. View of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the National Mall, 2004. Introduced as a concept in the Brundtland Report published in 1987, sustainable development was originally defined as encompassing three domains: environmental, economic, and social. Painters Rolando Mayen and Paula Kaufman in the Office of Exhibits Central's Graphics Department created these authentic commercial signs for the music tent in the Borderlands' program at the 1993 Festival of American Folklife. It began with the first Festival of American Folklife in 1967. In a September 2022 presentation in New Yorks Ukrainian Museum during United Nations General Assembly week, Ukraines first lady Olena Zelenska and Ukrainian Ambassador to the U.S. Oksana Markarova clearly articulated this point. (1977) University of North Carolina; Ph.D. (1988) University of Edinburgh. It has become a national and international model of a research-based presentation of intangible cultural heritage. Intern at Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Portland, Oregon, United States . Cultural Sustainability Research in Action. (1976) Simmons College; M.A. Russian leader Vladimir Putin has wrongly made culture both a justification and an object of war with Ukraine. Ralph Carter Rinzler, 59, was former Assistant Secretary for Public Service and founding Director of the Festival of American Folklife. (1978) Kenyon College; M.L.S. Research specialties: cultural presentation and representation,cultural heritage policy, cultural disaster and response, material culture studies, museum controversies, indigenous knowledge systems, cultures of south Asia and the United States. B.A. Now that the festival organization and model were well established, Rinzler began to explore other varieties of folklife productions appropriate for a national museum. Afrofuturism: A History of Black Futures The Archives documents the Centers work on the Smithsonian Folklife Festival and Smithsonian Folkways, and contains the recordings, photographs, papers, and objects related to several historical record labels. To support Putins wrongful argument that Ukraine doesnt have a culture and history independent of Russia, his forces figure they can simply bomb away the countrys cultural heritage. Research specialties: Indigenous, intercultural, and community media; digital media and performance;Afro-Brazilian expressive culture. Research specialties: Cultural anthropology, cultural heritage presentation and representation, cultural performance and social activism, museum programming and public engagement. This identity is indeed an explicit target of Putins war, she said. B.A. The minister asked the Smithsonian if we could determine its status from satellite imagery. (1976) University of Minnesota; M.Ln. [8], The Smithsonian Folkways Recordings has as its stated mission to curate and provide public access to each item in their collection of folk music, spoken word, instruction, and sounds from around the world. Many Ukrainian museums hastily evacuated their collections to other locations, sometimes to basements, underground storage facilities or safe sites removed from major Russian attack zones. (1978) Kenyon College; M.L.S. Contact:SeitelP@si.edu, Smith, Stephanie, Research Associate. Since 1967, the Smithsonian Folklife Festival has collaborated with cultural practitioners, communities, heritage professionals and scholars to spark curiosity, catalyze intercultural exchange, and create participatory experiences that nurture creative human connections. Research specialties: Occupational folklife, African folklife, epic, narrative, proverbs, computer applications in folklore, intangible cultural heritage policy. In addition to daily performances and activities on the National Mall, the Smithsonian Folklife Festival recommends events and exhibitions relating to our programs at other Smithsonian museums and venues around Washington, D.C. All events are free unless otherwise noted. 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